Tech Tuesday: LOFT DS2 Commercial Displays

This week on Tech Tuesday we're diving into digital signage with the LOFT DS2 Commercial Display! With a built in digital signage player and orientation sensor, the DS2 is a great choice for digital signage displays—and has a few big-display tricks up its sleeve.

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Projectors for Churches, Temples and Mosques

For large format display in spaces like houses of worship, projection systems can be one of the most cost effective options. However, shopping for a projection system can be confusing—with many variables to consider. In this article, we’ll tell you how we choose a projector, and how to decide which projector & screen combination is right for you.

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Tech Tuesday: Acoustic Panels

When you’re trying to improve the audio experience in your spaces, there are a lot of high-tech, fancy upgrades you can make. However, there’s one easy way to improve sound quality for both speakers and microphones—acoustic treatment! Using absorption and diffusion panels and baffles, you can make sure your space sounds great without compromising aesthetics.

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How Proper Sound Masking Installation Transforms Workplace Environments

A 2014 study found that employees lost up to 86 minutes of productivity per day due to noise distractions. However, sound masking systems can help. Using noise generators and emitters can increase privacy, reduce liability, and even increase employee satisfaction.

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Tech Tuesday: Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling Medium

Sennheiser’s TeamConnect 2 is a go-to for larger spaces, but now there’s a perfect fit for smaller rooms! Meet the new TeamConnect Ceiling Medium—designed for small to medium spaces with the same top-notch quality.

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Tech Tuesday: Crestron AirMedia

Crestron’s AirMedia system features multiple ways to do wireless screen sharing and bring-your-own-device meetings beyond just using a dongle—supporting AirPlay, Chromecast, Miracast, and driver-free screen sharing.

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Tech Tuesday: Yealink A10

This week on Tech Tuesday, we’re taking a look at the smallest video bar in the Yealink MeetingBar Series! We’ve talked a lot about video bars from Yealink over the last little while, and they’ve worked great for us, but there’s always been a bit of a hole in their product line: something small, simple and affordable to enable Microsoft Teams Rooms or Zoom Rooms in huddle spaces. Now they have, and we’ve gotten hands on with it: the Yealink A10.

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Yealink's Video Conferencing Ecosystem: A10 vs A20 vs A30 (vs A24)

A longtime provider of IP phone systems, Yealink has branched out a lot more in recent years to meeting room systems. However, upon looking at them from the outside, the product lines seem a bit confusing. Today, we’re taking a deep dive into Yealink’s video conferencing products, what sets them apart from each other, and the best ways to use them.

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Project Highlight: Oak Hammock Marsh

Located just outside of Manitoba, Oak Hammock Marsh is a birding hotspot featuring 36 square kilometers of restored prairie marsh and tall grass prairie. A joint project between Ducks Unlimited and the Province of Manitoba, Oak Hammock Marsh’s mission is to “Connect People with Wetlands.” We installed a comprehensive presentation engaging presentation system for their 118-seat multimedia theatre.  

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Project Highlight: Confederation College

With a wide range of programs from interactive media development to aerospace engineering, Confederation College needed a robust, multi-purpose space to use as their main lecture theatre. To fulfill this, they enlisted the help of Evolution AV to design and build audio visual systems for the Dibaajimogamig Lecture Theatre.

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Poly Studio Series Explained: Studio X vs Studio R vs Studio E

When building and deploying meeting rooms, we often turn to Poly as one of our trusted partners. Formerly known as Polycom, they’ve been producing collaboration solutions since 1990, including a rather impressive lineup of video bars, cameras, and microphones. Their naming convention, however, leaves a lot to be desired. Here is our breakdown of the Poly Studio lineup of video conferencing devices (and how we use them).

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Using 3D Printing For Better STEM Education

One of the biggest changes in education over the last 20 years has been in how science, technology, engineering and mathematics has been taught in primary schools. In the past, STEM subjects were often taught in isolation. Now, educators aim to show students how these subjects are interconnected and applicable to real-world problem-solving with an engaging, hands-on learning environment.

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